TY - JOUR
PY - 2009
SN - 1972-5043
T1 - Endogeno, psicogeno e organico: analisi storica e filosofica di una distinzione classica della psichiatria continentale
JO - PSICOTERAPIA E SCIENZE UMANE
DA - 8/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
DO - 10.3280/PU2009-003004
UR - http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/Scheda_rivista.aspx?idArticolo=37093
AU - Aragona, Massimiliano
SP - 343
EP - 364
IS - 3
VL - 43
LA - IT
AB - The classical distinction among endogenous, organic, and psychogenic conditions in continental psychiatry: a historical and philosophical analysis - The classical psychopathological distinction of endogenous, organic and psychogenic conditions is historically considered. In a first phase it was difficult to deal with the fundamental problem of causality. The following "ontological" phase (Tellenbach) tried to solve previous problems by means of a "positive" definition of the Endon, based on Heidegger’s ideas on human existence being thrown into the world (Geworfenheit). Being non-testable, it was not followed by scientific psychiatry. Finally, the phenomenal approach tried to overcome previous limits by means of a purely descriptive approach, based on the formal description of psychopathological phenomena disclosed in any of the three conditions considered. Nevertheless, it did not succeed completely because it reintroduced a less evident but still significant form of causality. On the basis of this analysis, the main elements that new ideas on this subject should consider are discussed.